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Caladenia saccharata (Sugar orchid)

Synonyms: Ericksonella saccharata (homotypic); Glycorchis saccharata

Wikipedia Abstract

Ericksonella saccharata, commonly known as sugar orchid, is the only species in the flowering plant genus Ericksonella in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single leaf and a single flower with three white sepals and two similar petals. The sugar orchid is similar to some in the genus Caladenia but has hairs on the back of its sepals and petals.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fitzgerald River National Park II 732417 Western Australia, Australia

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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0